Clinical Nurse-Med-Surge-Spine Center-8C-Mount Sinai Hospital-PT/Days

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others. The position provides medical-surgical nursing care in the Spine Center, using the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and organizational standards. The nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, supports patient and family education and experience, contributes to quality and safety initiatives, and helps coordinate care and resources.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) RN matriculated in a BSN program with graduation expected within one year; an ADN RN with nursing experience requires CNO approval.
Relevant clinical competence in the assigned area of nursing practice; new graduates must have current knowledge of the nursing process and its application.
Current New York State registered nurse licensure and registration.
Basic Life Saver (BCLS) certification issued by the AHA.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care in accordance with Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking and relevant assessment and intervention skills.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
Prioritize patient care, including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about the plan and transition of care, health promotion, and disease prevention, while considering readiness to learn.
Communicate professionally and effectively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members.
Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model and allocate material resources effectively.
Model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and MD/RN collaboration.
Consider patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge; establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Use evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care and support staff in doing so.
Initiate service recovery when patients or families raise concerns and escalate issues as needed.
Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
Conduct purposeful hourly rounding for assigned patients, addressing the 4 Ps.
Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, hazards, and opportunities for improvement.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the patient population and contribute to quality, safety, compliance, and high-reliability practices.
Participate in peer and institutional reviews, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement.
Perform charge nurse duties when assigned.
Coordinate with nursing leadership to ensure appropriate supply use and sufficient inventory; escalate material or staffing deficits.
Use equipment, staffing, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner.
Maintain accurate and thorough documentation in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.